World News Wrap: Straits Talks And Global Tensions
Bolshevik foreign minister Tchitcherin shifts stance on straits at Near East conference. Japan plans scrapping eleven war vessels under five power pact reducing navy by 12 000. Mussolini vows negotiation success or risk of war. US protests Greek expulsion from Constantinople. Germany to offer casual apology instead of indemnity. Prohibition forces sweep treasury bill amendments. national guard lag in development. Reports cover births deaths strikes fires thefts and political turmoil across multiple nations.
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Harding's Annual Message Signals Federal Plan on Transportation and Labor Reform
President Harding outlines aims to coordinate transportation, expand farm credits, and reform labor boards while urging stronger defense planning. He advocates a labor division within the Interstate Commerce Commission and warns about the eighteenth amendment's enforcement and state federal cooperation. He calls governors to a conference to align national and state policies.
Employment gains in November signal steady growth nationwide
Washington reports show unemployment dropping across industries led by iron and steel metal tobacco textile and oil. The Middle West enjoys booming business with broad prosperity and rising hiring though boxcar shortages slow grain and milling demand.
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Bolshevik Russia Pressures Turkey Over Dardanelles at Lausanne
Soviet Foreign Minister M. Tchitcherin urged Turkish journalists to beware trusting allied nations and warned of Brussels conference divergence, noting Ismet Pasha's abandonment of Russians on the Dardanelles issue and signaling Russian dissatisfaction before peace parley.
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Vigilance service launched to curb fraudulent promotions
New nationwide information service, backed by the National Vigilance Committee and 38 city bureaus in the United States and Canada, aims to warn the public about fake promotions and stock schemes. The New York bureau reports saving an estimated 50 million dollars in five months by stopping radio frauds and blind pools.
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Rock Shower Hits Klansmen Parade in McKinley Tex
A Ku Klux Klan parade in McKinley Texas devolved into a rock throwing fracas between Klansmen and onlookers. Several Klansmen sustained bruised heads as rocks were hurled during the event.
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Bonus Fight to Be Reopened in Congress
The American Legion announced that the fight to enact a federal bonus for four million World War II veterans will be reopened in Congress next week.
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Roman symbols stir a London observer in Dusty Street
Vladimir Polkoff describes seeing ancient Rome on a Dusty Ro street cap marked S P Q R. He recalls the sun blazing over shields and eagles, and notes Rome as the capital of Christendom. He wonders if modern Italians lack the ancestral virility in his encounter with locals.
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London Daily Telegram
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Sudde
Christendom
Books That 1 No Dust: Hibbing Copper Town Library Car
In St Nicholas G F Th ion details a country distribution wagon from Hibbing Minnesota that carries about 1,000 books. The coal heated vehicle serves four nationalities, travels main roads in winter, and delivers to schools and homes where drifts block regular routes.
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G. F. Thion
Hibbing
Libran
Sign Painter Says Mrs J Blank Was Married Twice
A milliner and sign painter exchange quips over a sign reading Mrs J Blank. The painter notes Mrs denotes a married woman or widow while Miss implies a single woman, joking about titles and marriage as the party contemplates a new sign.
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Government Rail Line Seeks Sale to New York Port Authority
The government owned railroad on 12 miles of water front in New Jersey with three steam locomotives and two electric engines hauls freight to ship piers. It recently declared a 6.2 percent dividend on $400 capital stock as New York authorities prepare to assume ownership to prevent speculation.
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United States
H N. J
Port New York
Lobster Tagged in Puget Sound Found 500 Miles South
A branded Arctic coast lobster marked E-17, released via a five year old bureau project in Puget Sound, has been captured 500 miles south in Oregon waters. Authorities trace origin and investigate possible relocation or illegal transfer.
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